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A I remember it, you get less start-up wear. IOW, more protection in that period between the engine starting and the oil pressure building. Less heat break-down Other stuff

I have two vehicles that take 7 quarts for an oil change. Both the Hemi jeep and the 6.2 diesel get two quarts of synthetic and five regular. Been doing that since the 90s when I read somewhere you get all the benefits of synthetic by using that approximate ratio.

I pulled the old one out and cleaned the grease off everything. The old one looks OK, it's not quite as stiff as the new one, but I put the new one in anyway. I hooked up to the jeep and pulled it forward from its parking spot just a few feet and tried going backwards- brakes still locking...

Chemical Agent Resistant Paint. In the case of a chemical attack, we can't have our trucks looking like crap.

If you don't care about getting the 'look' there are some inexpensive clearance lights over here: https://www.speedtechlights.com/clearance

The second of the two landing lights burned out, so I replaced it with my last spare. I bought them on here, forget who was selling them. They'd been on the truck for almost 10 years now- use them sporadically. The first one burned out about a month ago, so the timing was interesting.

Don't know yet- still haven't swapped it out yet. Given how stiff the new one is, if the one I pull out of the trailer is soft I'll believe it's the shock.

Do you have any idea what the military calls it? There's nothing in the manual with that name, or anything like it.

31-10.5R15 tires Leave it stock. The axles/diffs are adequate in stock form. (Two words in that sentance are important- adequate and stock.) As soon as you start drifting away from stock stuff starts breaking and replacements can get expensive. Might not be the popular opinion.

Looks pretty straightforward to replace. Ordered the part. Thanks!

Put the studded tires on the '09 tonight; snow in the forecast.

Govplanet?

Nope. The backing feature is by design; in stock form you can back the trailer without the brakes applying. If it's not backing then it's not working like it should. Drilling holes would only mask that symptom- the problem would still exist.

Thanks for all the replies. It was working great previously, even backed 2,000# of landscape block up my driveway. Stock worked before, I want stock to work again.

I believe it. Now I'm wishing I had been more contentious and made notes; then I could have written a short how-to to make this thread of at least some use. ;)

I was actually able to figure it out; it's just not intuitive.

Awesome! The voodoo is the part that makes it back without applying the brakes, but does apply the brakes when the trailer is overrunning the vehicle.

Thanks, but the M1101/2 does not use a pin, it's automatic (somehow). I need to know the voodoo that makes it work or not work.

Trailer has been sitting a while (with the parking brakes set) and i pulled it from its parking spot over to the driveway. While backing it in the driveway the brakes applied so I pulled it around the block and tried again. This time it went up the driveway but I think the brakes were...

Box installed. Only going to use one so I can fab a tire carrier for the same spot on the other side to hold the spare. Just the right size for a handful of tie-down straps and bungies. The trailer is not as deep as a pickup bed, so it sits just above the rail - not sure how I feel about...